Housing in Paint

A typical Paint home is worth roughly $147,000

Typical home value

$147K

OH $249K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,070

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,608

OH $2,822

What kind of housing town is Paint?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

Your money goes further41% below the Ohio typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.7 years of income

Less than across Ohio (3.5 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about

$318,000

Typical Paint home $147K

That covers a typical Paint home, with $172K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$900

Loan $730Tax $130Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,070 a month here, $170 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Jefferson$202K Madison$244K Range$213K Union$193K Marion$210K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Paint’s typical property tax (1.10% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,070

Renters already here pay a median of $944, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$810

1 bedroom$900

2 bedrooms$1,070

3 bedrooms$1,370

4 bedrooms$1,520

27%

of households rent · OH 33%

153

renter households

11%

of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · OH 46%

15%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$944

median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Fayette County, OH): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

The homes

73% of Paint households own their home

Half of Paint’s homes were built before 1976.

Owners and renters

Own 73%Rent 27%

Ohio: 67% own.

1976

typical home built · OH 1970

$1,608

median property tax bill · OH $2,822

1.10%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · OH 1.31%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Next door

Paint vs. its neighbors

Paint is the least expensive of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Madison$244K Range$213K Marion$210K Jefferson$202K Union$193K Paint$147K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Paint	$147K*	—	$1,070	$84,271
Jefferson	$202K*	—	$1,000	$49,375
Madison	$244K*	+3.8%†	$1,120	$89,196
Range	$213K*	+3.6%†	$1,200	$62,446
Union	$193K*	+5.4%†	$990	$74,352
Marion	$210K*	−29.7%†	$1,090	$89,167

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.